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| Date: | Tuesday 17 July 1979 |
| Time: | noon |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar A |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | A45 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siegenburg Range -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St. Dizier/France |
| Neuburg/Germany |
During an attempt to land at Neuburg AB the No 2 aircraft got in to the jet wash of No 1 and collided with a part of the arresting system, damaging gear and flaps. The pilot initiated an overshoot and decided for a controlled bail out at the air-to-ground shooting range Siegenburg (about 13 NM east of Manching) . Lt Alain Roux ejected safely. Coded 7-IB.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120429202525/http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/production_france.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/
Weser-Kurier 18 July 1979, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2011 02:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2011 01:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2011 02:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 09-Feb-2012 02:00 | herbiemen | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Dec-2019 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 17-Aug-2020 17:53 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2020 17:59 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2022 11:39 | Herbie | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2025 13:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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